WP Register Profile With Shortcode, CVE-2023-5448

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-5448
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Register Profile With Shortcode
Application: WP Register Profile With Shortcode
Published on: Jan 11, 2024
Research Description: The WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.5.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_password_validate function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset a user's password via a forged request granted they can trick the user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected versions: max 3.6.0.
Status: vulnerable